October 29, 20205 yr 7 hours ago, DEagle7 said: Are they doing school in person still? Or mostly remote? You may not know but worth a shot. They are going to keep their elementary and middle schools open. Last I read they were still undecided on high schools. Universities are remote.
October 29, 20205 yr 7 hours ago, EaglesRocker97 said: When I suggested here that we might have to do the same, I got flayed. A few posters can have a decent discussion in this thread. Others not so much.
October 29, 20205 yr Now we have idiots where I work ( not my store specifically yet) going to work knowing they have been around other people that tested positive for the virus and spreading it like wild fire
October 29, 20205 yr 20 minutes ago, barho said: Somebody should've told them not to let the virus dominate their lives.
October 29, 20205 yr Some more updates regarding PA and greater PHL area. https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/live/covid-coronavirus-cases-pa-philadelphia-nj-de-updates-testing-news-hospital-20201028.html
October 29, 20205 yr 20 hours ago, Kz! said: Oh that’s funny because I’ve actually been a pretty big supporter of masks. I just find the mask worship kind of funny at this point given data like I posted. No need to act like a smug dewshbag about it. Lmao awwwww, #kzmetwo got his feel feels hurts.
October 29, 20205 yr 11 hours ago, DrPhilly said: They are going to keep their elementary and middle schools open. Last I read they were still undecided on high schools. Universities are remote. Thanks. Similar to what we're doing here now. Prioritizing younger kids that couldn't stay at home alone, and kids that have independent education plans. Most high schools near me are still doing a hybrid model but definitely trending towards a period of full remote if cases continue the way they're heading. Sucks for everyone but especially tough on the trade school kids. Only so much remote plumbing you can do.
October 29, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, DEagle7 said: Thanks. Similar to what we're doing here now. Prioritizing younger kids that couldn't stay at home alone, and keeps that have independent education plans. Most high schools near me are still doing a hybrid model but definitely trending towards a period of full remote if cases continue the way they're heading. Sucks for everyone but especially tough on the trade school kids. Only so much remote plumbing you can do. Yeah that's what we did in the March-June time frame. My daughter was a senior in High School then so she was at home but all the kids from daycare thru to 9th grade were in school. That was also important for the medical professionals and other essential groups with kids. btw - Here in Sweden we are definitely in a 2nd wave but hard to say how large. One hospital is full in one hard hit area but everywhere else is only seeing a small increase in ICU patients. The confirmed cases numbers are hard to compare with the March-Jun period as we had no widespread testing back then but we do have it now. We will have to wait a month or two to see if we have the same levels of people in the hospitals and worse as say a France or Germany during this 2nd wave.
October 29, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, DrPhilly said: Yeah that's what we did in the March-June time frame. My daughter was a senior in High School then so she was at home but all the kids from daycare thru to 9th grade were in school. That was also important for the medical professionals and other essential groups with kids. btw - Here in Sweden we are definitely in a 2nd wave but hard to say how large. One hospital is full in one hard hit area but everywhere else is only seeing a small increase in ICU patients. The confirmed cases numbers are hard to compare with the March-Jun period as we had no widespread testing back then but we do have it now. We will have to wait a month or two to see if we have the same levels of people in the hospitals and worse as say a France or Germany during this 2nd wave. Hope things stay under control for you guys. You've got the lower population density advantage on places like France and Germany at least which would hopefully help buffer things. The interesting things to watch with ICU capacity will be capacity numbers with simultaneous flu season taking up beds as well, as well as the highly skewed distribution of beds in rural vs urban areas and how rural hospitals handle even small outbreaks/if the more major centers can handle the overflow shipped to them. Wouldn't be surprised to see decreased numbers of "elective" procedures on the horizon to free up staff and ventilator equipment.
October 29, 20205 yr 24 minutes ago, DEagle7 said: Hope things stay under control for you guys. You've got the lower population density advantage on places like France and Germany at least which would hopefully help buffer things. The interesting things to watch with ICU capacity will be capacity numbers with simultaneous flu season taking up beds as well, as well as the highly skewed distribution of beds in rural vs urban areas and how rural hospitals handle even small outbreaks/if the more major centers can handle the overflow shipped to them. Wouldn't be surprised to see decreased numbers of "elective" procedures on the horizon to free up staff and ventilator equipment. Yes we do though it is somewhat misleading as nearly the entire population lives in the southern 1/3 of the country so the density is much greater in reality in terms of where the people actually live. Still much less than Germany or France though. Yep, I'm watching the ICU situation weekly. So far the needle has only nudged upward very very slightly with the exception of one town of about 100k people. The elective procedures have definitely been down. What is interesting is to see the behavior of the people. The recommendations are nearly identical to the March-Jun period but there are far far more people out and about and the distancing being practiced isn't as disciplined. They've ramped up the scare tactics in the media though over the last 10 days so I expect things to settle down a bit and get closer to the May/June levels in any case.
October 29, 20205 yr 7 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said: PA schools shut down through Tues for "deep cleaning." We just got a notification earlier today from our school district that there were no changes for next week - 4 days on with virtual learning on Friday
October 29, 20205 yr 48 minutes ago, mikemack8 said: We just got a notification earlier today from our school district that there were no changes for next week - 4 days on with virtual learning on Friday Well, that's weird. We got an email saying they were shutting down through Tues. "as per Dept. of Health." That made me think it was a statewide thing. Maybe someone tested positive and they are being coy about it?
October 29, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said: Well, that's weird. We got an email saying they were shutting down through Tues. "as per Dept. of Health." That made me think it was a statewide thing. Maybe someone tested positive and they are being coy about it? Dept of Health decisions are usually at the county level.
October 29, 20205 yr 22 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said: She is literally all over the place on Twitter. I don't think I've seen a tweet from Trump that DIDN'T have her as the first response tweet.
October 29, 20205 yr Church bad, left wing marches good. There, I'm now woked Quote About 2,500 people walk with NBA star Chris Paul to an early-voting site at WSSU John Hinton Oct 27, 2020
October 30, 20205 yr 13 hours ago, The_Omega said: Church bad, left wing marches good. There, I'm now woked Protest bad. Trump rally good. Thanks for the update!!
October 30, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Toastrel said: Protest bad. Trump rally good. As the husband of a paramedic, is that your professional opinion?
October 30, 20205 yr So.... what's everyone doing with their kids for Halloween? I'm sure answers will be heavily dependent on the severity of the virus in each person's area as well as local public health guidelines. We only have 5 active cases in our area, so we're comfortable taking the kids around the neighborhood with masks, proper distancing, and a sheet ton of hand sanitizer. We're also going to give out candy but we'll be outside on our front porch to eliminate contact points of the door/doorbell. The plan is to put candy in small Halloween-themed bags and hand them out with tongs.
October 30, 20205 yr Quote White House coronavirus coordinator Dr Deborah Birx has reportedly boycotted Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force due to misinformation. The leading physician was said to have walked out of a meeting of the White House coronavirus task force this summer, and decided never to return again. CNN reported that Dr Birx, who advised the US president over many months, decided to deliver messages directly to the public, in part due to the appointment of Dr Scott Atlas. She told colleagues that she would side-step any meetings with Dr Atlas, a controversial White House adviser without any background in infectious diseases or public health. Mr Trump appointed him to the coronavirus taskforce in August, after appearing on Fox News for several months to challenge lockdowns, masks and other preventative measures.
October 30, 20205 yr 58 minutes ago, Dawkins 20 said: So.... what's everyone doing with their kids for Halloween? I'm sure answers will be heavily dependent on the severity of the virus in each person's area as well as local public health guidelines. We only have 5 active cases in our area, so we're comfortable taking the kids around the neighborhood with masks, proper distancing, and a sheet ton of hand sanitizer. We're also going to give out candy but we'll be outside on our front porch to eliminate contact points of the door/doorbell. The plan is to put candy in small Halloween-themed bags and hand them out with tongs. My kids will probably go around the block. I put the candy we plan to give out into ziplock bags. I only put together about 72 bags, so here’s to hoping we don’t get more than that. I generally put a table out on our front yard and hand out candy. I may do something similar, but just leave the bags there and have each kid take one while I sit back away from the table.
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